EDIFY (edified)
Dictionary entry overview: What does edify mean? • EDIFY (verb)
The verb EDIFY has 1 sense:
1. make understand
Familiarity information: EDIFY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• EDIFY (verb)
Meaning:
Make understand
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
edify; enlighten
Context example:
Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal
Hypernyms (to "edify" is one way to...):
instruct; learn; teach (impart skills or knowledge to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The performance is likely to edify Sue
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